(E)motional design

(E)motional Design

Double Mediation in Kinetic Interfaces

Jon Olav H. Eikenes

Halogen, Oslo

@jonolave

www.navimation.net

www.halogen.no

Textual

analysis

Barthes (1970)

'Double mediation'

'Kinetic interfaces'

Eikenes (2010a, 2010b)

Skjulstad (2004)

Sociocultural perspective

Q

Semiotic mediation

Social semiotics

(Kress and van Leeuwen 2001)

'Sign' = something that stands for something else

'Semiotic resource' = meaning potential

Instrumental mediation

Research

by

design

Activity theory

(Vygotsky 1978, Leont'ev 1977)

'Tool' = an auxiliary means for the solution of any task

'Interface action' (Eikenes 2010a)

How can we understand engagement in kinetic interfaces?

Morrison (2011)

Wertsch (1991)

Wartofsky (1979)

Vygotsky (1978)

Katachi magazine app for iPad

Semiotic

mediation

Design

experiment

Instrumental

mediation

References